The Modi government 3.0 at the Center presented its first general budget on Tuesday. While the government made many big claims regarding this budget, the opposition is targeting it. In this episode, Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha targeted the Central Government. Raghav Chadha said that taxes in India are taken like England, but services are like Somalia.
He said that in the last ten years, the Central Government has sucked the blood of the common man by imposing taxes. There are three reasons for the plight of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 elections. The first reason is economy, the second reason is economy and the third reason is also economy.
10 big things of the budget-
1. Relief in the new tax regime. Now 5% tax on income of Rs 3 to 7 lakh.
2. Cancer medicines, gold and silver, mobile phones, electric wires and X-ray machines are cheaper.
3. Help of Rs 15,000 in EPFO for first time job seekers.
4. Education loans will be available in institutions across the country and the government will give 3% interest on education loans.
5. Announcement of special package to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. Rs 58.9 thousand crore to Bihar. 15 thousand crore rupees to Andhra Pradesh. Special scheme for infrastructure for Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
6. ₹1.52 lakh crore for agriculture. However, no announcement was made on MSP in the budget.
7. Internship to 20 lakh youth every year.
8. Provision of Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls.
9. Under Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme, 300 units of free electricity every month to 1 crore houses.
10. Mudra loan increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.
Many gifts to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a budget of Rs 48 lakh 21 thousand crore. In this, gifts of more than Rs 1 lakh crore were given to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh alone in the name of development. It has been announced to give Rs 58500 crore to Bihar and Rs 15000 crore to Andhra Pradesh for development projects. The opposition targeted the government regarding this also. The opposition alleged that this decision was taken to maintain the government formed at the Center with the help of allies.